WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL PROFILE 2018-2019

Philip A. Hooper Byron C. Hulsey Director of College Counseling Headmaster Catherine Box Scott G. Schamberger Assoc. Director of College Counseling Assistant Headmaster for David F. Mabe Admissions and College Counseling Assoc. Director of College Counseling Holly Baker Director of Admissions and College 148 Woodberry Station Counseling Operations Woodberry Forest, VA 22989 www.woodberry.org Phone 540.672.6050 Fax 540.661.4150 CEEB School Code: 472455

OVERVIEW Woodberry Forest School is a highly-selective independent boarding school for boys in grades 9-12. Centered around a century- old, student-run honor system, a Woodberry education emphasizes intellectual thoroughness and moral integrity. All students are required to live on campus and participate in an extensive leadership development program. The school is located in scenic Madison County, , and is 75 miles southwest of Washington, DC, and 35 miles northeast of Charlottesville, VA.

SELECTED FEATURES • 2018-2019 enrollment: 400 students (98 in senior class). • 2017-2018 Woodberry admission statistics: 55% of applicants accepted for admission – 66% enrolled. • Students from 23 different states and 25 countries. • 65 teaching faculty – 60% hold advanced degrees, including 8 doctorates. • Average class size is 9, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 6:1. • 100% of graduates attend four-year colleges. • $315 million endowment and managed funds; annual fund gifts totaling $3.7 million. • Abroad programs in Central America, Central Asia, China, the Galapagos, South Africa, Spain, and the UK. • 1200-acre campus includes state-of-the-art facilities for academics, athletics, and the arts. • Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Virginia Association of Independent Schools. Member: College Board, NACAC, NAIS, SAIS. Founding member of the International Boys School Coalition and the Association of Boarding Schools (TABS). GRADES Woodberry Forest calculates an annual grade point average using grades earned in all courses that year. Students are normally enrolled in five courses each of which meet 3 ¾ hours per week.

GRADING SCALE WEIGHTING SYSTEM MEAN GPAs A = 4.0 C = 2.0 Class of 2018 Class of 2019 A- = 3.7 C- = 1.7 Honors Course +0.5 11th: 3.51 11th: 3.54 B+ = 3.3 D+ = 1.3 12th: 3.64

B = 3.0 D = 1.0 B- = 2.7 NC = 0.0 C+ = 2.3 Academic Honors 3.4 and above

Woodberry is on a trimester system, therefore first trimester senior grades are considered mid-year grades.

CLASS RANK Woodberry Forest School does not rank its students; however, we do include a grade distribution chart with this Profile. Only courses taken at Woodberry appear on our transcript; therefore, the weighted cumulative GPA is calculated using only grades earned while attending Woodberry. Transcripts from previous secondary schools attended are also provided.

Woodberry Forest admits students of any race, color, or national and ethnic origin to all of the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS CLASS OF 2018 TESTING RESULTS A minimum of 20 credits is required for graduation, including the following: Middle 50% • 4 credits in English SAT EBRW 610 - 700 • 1-3 credits in Foreign Lang. (through 3rd level) SAT MATH 590 - 720 • 3 credits in History and Science ACT COMP. 24 - 30 • 2-4 credits in Math (one course beyond Algebra 2) • 1 credit in Fine Arts • 1/3 credit in Religion Average SAT Subject Tests

60 hours of community service, half of which must come in LITERATURE 626 BIOLOGY E 705 direct contact with the individual or group served.

US HISTORY 717 BIOLOGY M 690 Advanced Placement MATH LEVEL 1 600 CHEMISTRY 656 Woodberry does not offer AP courses. Students may sit for AP exams, but they prepare on their own. Woodberry MATH LEVEL 2 691 PHYSICS 718 students take hundreds of AP exams annually, with roughly 80% scoring 3 or higher.

WEIGHTED GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS (2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR)

25th Percentile Median 75th Percentile Third Form (9th Only) 2.99 3.31 3.69 Fourth Form (10th Only) 3.09 3.41 3.79 Fifth Form (11th Only) 3.08 3.61 4.11 Sixth Form (12th Only) 3.25 3.70 4.12

CURRICULUM English History Foreign Language English 300, 400, 500 Stories and Histories: Intro to Analysis Chinese 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 English 400 Honors, 500 Honors US History; Honors Honors Chinese 3, 4, 5 English 600 Sections: Honors American Government & Politics Honors Classical Greek Crime and Suspense Elective History Sections: French 1, 2, 3 Mythology Ancient Empires; Honors Honors French 4, 5 Mystery and Lit Caliphs & Kings; Honors Latin 1, 2, 3 English 600 Honors Sections: Honors China and the World Honors Latin 3, 4, 5, Latin Lit: Ovid Outdoor Adventure Environmental History Spanish 1, 2, 3, 4 Uprising Trade, Technology, and Terror; Honors Honors Spanish 3, 4, 5 World Wars I & II; Honors Math & Computer Science Fine Arts Algebra 1 Science Intro. to Arts – Drama, Music, Visual Arts Geometry; Honors Conceptual Physics Art – Intermediate Studio Algebra 2; Honors Physics; Honors Honors Art History Functions, Statistics & Trig Research Physics Honors Studio Art PreCalculus Chemistry; Honors Music – Bagpipes, Beginning Strings, Choir, Honors Intro. to Calculus Biology: A Cellular Approach Concert Band, Dozen, Jazz Band, Pipe Statistics; Honors Biology: An Ecological Approach Band, String Ensemble Applied Calculus Honors Biology Honors Music Theory Honors Calculus A Research Biology Honors Drama: Adv. Acting & Directing Honors Calculus B Environmental Science * Autocad Seminar in Advanced Math Honors Outdoor Adventure * Design & Editing for Literary Publications Personal Finance and Economics Engineering Design * Digital Filmmaking Honors JAVA Coding * Music Theory - Intermediate *Application Development Religion * Photography - Intro., Advanced *Computational Problem Solving *Introduction to the Bible * Woodworking; Advanced Philosophy * Yearbook Individual Instruction - Instrumental, Voice Journalism - Introduction, Intermediate

College/AP-level courses in bold * Elective Trimester Courses Woodberry Forest School 2018-2019 Profile 2

COLLEGES ADMITTING WOODBERRY FOREST GRADUATES 2016-2018 Members of the Class of 2018 enrolled at institutions listed in bold.

Adelphi University Georgia College Radford University University of Louisville Allegheny College Georgia Institute of Technology Randolph College University of Mary Hardin-Baylor American University Georgia State University Randolph-Macon College University of Mary Washington Appalachian State University Guilford College Reed College Univ. of , Baltimore Co. Assumption College Hamilton College Regis College Univ. of Maryland, College Park Auburn University Hampden-Sydney College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst Austin College Harvard University Rhode Island School of Design University of Memphis Bates College Harvey Mudd College Rhodes College University of Miami Baylor University High Point University Rice University Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities Belmont University Hillsdale College Ringling College of Art and Design University of Mississippi Berry College Holy Cross College Roanoke College University of Missouri, Columbia Birmingham-Southern College Hood College Robert Morris University University of Montana, Missoula Boston College Illinois Wesleyan University Rochester Institute of Technology University of Nebraska, Lincoln Boston University Indiana University, Bloomington Rollins College University of New Hampshire Brandeis University Iowa State University Saint Leo University University of New Haven Bryant University University Salisbury University Univ. of No. Carolina, Chapel Hill Campbell University Johns Hopkins University Samford University Univ. of No. Carolina, Charlotte Carleton College Kenyon College Santa Clara University Univ. of No. Carolina, Greensboro Carleton University (Canada) King's College London (UK) Savannah College of Art and Des. Univ. of No. Carolina, Wilmington Carnegie Mellon University Lafayette College Sciences Po / Columbia Univ. University of Notre Dame Case Western Reserve University Lake Forest College Sewanee: The Univ. of the South University of Oregon Catholic University of America Lawrence University Southern Methodist University University of the Pacific Centre College Lehigh University Southwestern University University of Pennsylvania Chapman University Lewis & Clark College St. John's University (MD) University of Pittsburgh Christopher Newport University Longwood University St. Mary's College of Maryland University of Richmond The Citadel Louisiana State University Stanford University University of Rochester Clemson University Loyola University Chicago Swarthmore College University of San Diego Colby College Macalester College Texas A&M University University of South Carolina College of Charleston Marquette University Texas Christian University University of Southern California College of William and Mary Massachusetts Institute of Tech. Texas Tech University University of St. Andrews (UK) Colorado State University McDaniel College Towson University University of Tampa Columbia University McGill University (Canada) Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) University of Tennessee, Knoxville Cooper Union Mercer University Trinity University (TX) University of Texas, Austin Cornell University Miami University, Oxford Tufts University University of Texas, San Antonio Covenant College Middlebury College Tulane University University of Tulsa Creighton University Millsaps College United States Military Academy University of Utah Davidson College Monmouth University United States Naval Academy University of Vermont Denison University Montana State Univ., Bozeman University of Alabama DePaul University Muhlenberg College University of Arizona University of Wisconsin, Madison DePauw University New York University University of British Columbia Vanderbilt University Dickinson College North Carolina Central University University of California, Berkeley Villanova University Drexel University North Carolina State University University of California, Davis Virginia Commonwealth Univ. Duke University Northeastern University University of California, Irvine Virginia Military Institute East Carolina University Northwestern University Univ. of California, Los Angeles Virginia Tech Eckerd College Nova Southeastern University University of California, San Diego Wagner College Elon University Oberlin College Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Wake Forest University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Ohio State University University of Chicago Washington and Lee University University Ohio Wesleyan University University of Colorado, Boulder Washington College Emerson College Old Dominion University University of Connecticut Washington University in St. Louis Emory University Otterbein University University of Delaware Wesleyan University Florida Gulf Coast University Pace University, New York City University of Denver West Virginia University Florida State University Pomona College University of Detroit Mercy Western University Fordham University Pratt Institute University of Edinburgh (Scotland) Wheaton College (IL) Furman University Princeton University University of Florida Whittier College George Mason University Purdue University University of Georgia Wittenberg University George Washington University Queen Mary Univ. of London University of Iowa Wofford College Georgetown University Queen's Univ. Belfast (UK) University of Kentucky Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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